A Review of Ancient and Modern Concepts of Hyperlipidemia/Fart shahm fi al-dam

Authors

  • Roohi Bashir Jammu and Kashmir Health Services. Anant Naag, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Yasmeen Shamsi
  • Rais-ur Rahman Delhi University, Delhi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5915/38-1-6277

Keywords:

Hyperlipidemia, obesity, Yunani medicine

Abstract

Ancient Yunani physicians were aware of dasam and shahm (fat) of the blood. They described the condition of fart shahm fi al-dam which is what we call now hyperlipidemia. They also described al-simna al-mufrita (excess of fat in the body) or what we call now obesity. They considered these two conditions a single disease. While we now know that they are different conditions, it is true that obese individuals frequently suffer from hyperlipidemia.

Author Biographies

Yasmeen Shamsi

Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

Rais-ur Rahman, Delhi University, Delhi

Associate Professor, Faculty of Ayurvedic and Yunani Medicine, Delhi University, Delhi, India

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Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (2006)

Section

History of Medicine

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